[Sailmale]

I''ve used SailCare initially two years ago for sails on my previous boat, and am using them again to clean and refurbish the sails on my current boat.

In addition to cleaning your sails, the company repairs rips, restitches weakened seams, replaces old and rotten sun shields, etc. They do just about everything, I believe, except recut them.

Using them perhaps means another couple of years use of your existing sails. If you''re a cruiser and top-shelf sailing performance is not an issue for you, then you''ll love what the company can do for your sails.

But don''t fool yourself into thinking that what they are doing is similar to turning back the clock on your sails. It''s not. They''re not the fountain of youth. Your boat will not perform as it would with a new set of sails...it may look just about as good, but it won''t perform the same.

So if you like to race your honey on the weekend or in evening mid-week races, you probably should spend the money for new threads.

Hope this helps...Michael